The Dragon Bubble
In 2000, the West rolled out a velvet carpet for China’s entry into the WTO, convinced trade would tame the dragon. Instead, it fattened it. Today, the Red Ponzi wheezes, nationalism soars, and the balloon stretches toward its limit. When it bursts, the blast won’t be local—it’ll shake the world.
The Art of Living With Yourself
I don’t do small talk. I do existential ambushes. I don’t make friends—I forge them in desert silence and philosophical fistfights….
The Republic of Whores
We’re ruled not by leaders, but by professional deceivers who feel no shame, no hesitation – just a hunger for proximity…
The Cloak and the Compass
Most people signal to survive. The Shia called it Taqiyya. Others lived it without a name. Camouflage isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom. This…
Destruction Is Mercy Now
Systems decay. They don’t reform—they rot. Reform is lip service; demolition brings clarity. Mercy isn’t sparing what’s already poisonous—it’s removing it….
The Ancient Ones
You will die. No glitter. No therapeutic spin. Just the brutal truth: one day your breath will stop, and you will…
The Elegy of the Known
We mourn not what is lost, but what once felt stable. The world we knew – flawed, familiar, navigable – now…
Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change
Ah, can you hear them? The distant wailing. The cries of those who once lived high off the climate scare—comfortably…
US Carbon Dioxide Endangerment Finding Axed
Yes, it’s a good thing. It does feel a bit like having the carpet yanked out from under your feet—sudden,…
Universities Need To Be Made To Lose Prestige
My youngest son is three years away from university, and while the usual questions about his future major are swirling,…
Liquefied natural gas imports feasible within 3-4 years but would be costly
New Zealand’s real conundrum with imports becomes obvious the moment you glance at a map. You don’t just end up…
Reclaiming ‘Environmentalism’ From the Climate Extremists
I grew up out in the sticks. Real countryside. Deep-tree territory. Part of my childhood was spent in Austria’s Waldviertel—the…
Europe cannot afford to let climate delayers dictate our future
There’s a pattern to organizations that repeats with all the reliability of mold on bread. The smaller and newer they…